The Gate of Angels
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2017
176 pages
978-0-547-52473-3 (ISBN)
Description
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize: A novel of two "wonderful characters" who meet by accident in Edwardian England, and fall inconveniently in love (
The Washington Post).
In 1912, rational scientist Fred Fairly, one of Cambridge's best and brightest, crashes his bike and wakes up in bed with a stranger-fellow casualty Daisy Saunders, a charming, pretty, and almost pathologically generous working-class nurse. So begins a series of complications-not only of the heart but also of the head-as Fred and Daisy take up each other's education and turn each other's philosophies upside down.
From the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award, among other honors, this story of an unlikely and possibly doomed romance is a "deft comedy of manners... Fitzgerald's elegant prose shines with intelligence and subtle wit... Her flair for well-drawn eccentric characters will appeal to fans of Muriel Spark and Barbara Pym" ( Library Journal).
"A singular accomplishment." - Boston Globe
"Powerfully bewitching." - Los Angeles Times
In 1912, rational scientist Fred Fairly, one of Cambridge's best and brightest, crashes his bike and wakes up in bed with a stranger-fellow casualty Daisy Saunders, a charming, pretty, and almost pathologically generous working-class nurse. So begins a series of complications-not only of the heart but also of the head-as Fred and Daisy take up each other's education and turn each other's philosophies upside down.
From the recipient of a National Book Critics Circle Award, among other honors, this story of an unlikely and possibly doomed romance is a "deft comedy of manners... Fitzgerald's elegant prose shines with intelligence and subtle wit... Her flair for well-drawn eccentric characters will appeal to fans of Muriel Spark and Barbara Pym" ( Library Journal).
"A singular accomplishment." - Boston Globe
"Powerfully bewitching." - Los Angeles Times
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PENELOPE FITZGERALD wrote many books small in size but enormous in popular and critical acclaim over the past two decades. Over 300,000 copies of her novels are in print, and profiles of her life appeared in both the
New Yorker and the
New York Times Magazine. In 1979, her novel
Offshore won Britain's Booker Prize, and in 1998 she won the National Book Critics Circle Prize for
The Blue Flower. Though Fitzgerald embarked on her literary career when she was in her 60s, her career was praised as "the best argument... for a publishing debut made late in life" (
New York Times Book Review). She told the
New York Times
Magazine, "In all that time, I could have written books and I didn't. I think you can write at any time of your life." Dinitia Smith, in her
New York Times obituary of May 3, 2000, quoted Penelope Fitzgerald from 1998 as saying, "I have remained true to my deepest convictions, I mean to the courage of those who are born to be defeated, the weaknesses of the strong, and the tragedy of misunderstandings and missed opportunities, which I have done my best to treat as comedy, for otherwise how can we manage to bear it?"
Content
- Front Cover
- Front Matter
- Reviews
- Half Title
- Other Books by this Author
- Title
- Copyright
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part One
- 1. Fred's Three Notes
- 2. A Few Words about St Angelicus
- 3. How Fred Got this Job in the First Place
- 4. Dinner at St Angelicus
- 5. At the Rectory
- 6. The Disobligers' Society
- 7. Who Is Daisy?
- Part Two
- 8. Daisy
- 9. The Blackfriars Hospital
- 10. The Men's Ward
- 11. The Case of James Elder
- 12. Kelly
- 13. Daisy Leaves London
- Part Three
- 14. No Mystery about Daisy's Movements
- 15. A Walk in the Country
- 16. A Visit from the Fairlys
- Part Four
- 17. Dr Matthews' Ghost Story
- 18. An Unusual Court Case
- 19. Kelly Laid to Rest
- 20. Fred's Advice to His Students
- 21. At Dr Sage's Hospital
- 22. The Gate of Angels
- Back Cover
- Spine
